Staff Software Engineer, Code Forge

About this role

Lead technical direction and hands-on development across Stripe’s code review systems. Build AI review-agent infrastructure and evaluations that help safely approve changes while balancing code quality and developer velocity.

About the company

Stripe provides payment infrastructure and financial tools that help businesses accept payments, manage subscriptions, and move money globally. It serves startups through large enterprises with APIs for online and in-person commerce.

The team

Developer Productivity organization, Code Review team.

Stack

What you'll do

• Set technical direction, align teams, and mentor engineers on complex projects.
• Build agent harnesses and evaluation systems for review agents.
• Develop Orbit Diffs and related code review tools and workflows.
• Improve code ownership, reviewer assignment, stacked pull requests, and change-management controls.
• Adapt review workflows and integrations for new source-control infrastructure.
• Partner with security, compliance, infrastructure, reliability, and language and runtime teams.

What we're looking for

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating reliable production software.
• Experience owning a technical domain and leading complex projects from ambiguity through delivery.
• Use data and user feedback to assess quality and guide engineering decisions.
• Experience building cross-team alignment and explaining technical tradeoffs.

Nice to have

• Experience with agent harnesses, agent orchestration, or evaluations of agent behavior.
• Experience building developer productivity or code review tools.
• Experience with software change management and compliance controls.

Benefits

• Equity
• Company bonus
• 401(k) plan
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Wellness stipends